I made this card when my friend Maggie visited. She had brought along some new supplies, so I was able to borrow her For the Birds set and Floral Frames Framelits. I had first cut the big Safron flower and embossed it with the Chevron folder for another project, but couldn't manage to make it work, so I put it aside and it became the starting point of this card (which worked much better!).
The bird image was stamped on White cardstock, colored with markers and die-cut with one of the Floral Frames Framelits. It was matted with another flower from the same Framelits set (as you can see, it includes not only various sizes, but various shapes as well) and a flower made with the Blossom punch. The leaves were created using the Oval punch and then using it again to take part of the oval away to create the leaf shape. I pierced a border all around the Saffron flower (eyeballing it - no template for those Framelits yet) and added a stamped border at right. That border comes from my unmounted In Stitches wheel, in case you were wondering where the heck that came from.
Finally, the sentiment comes from the Curly Cute set. I used one of the stitches from the In Stitches wheel to "sew" the sentiment strip in place. (I recommend stamping it before you glue it down on your project to avoid having to mask.)
Color Combo: Pool Party + So Saffron + Gumball Green + Raspberry Ripple
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: For the Birds, In Stitches wheel, Jolies pensées (Curly Cute)
Cardstock: Pool Party, So Saffron, Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Whisper White
Inks: Gumball Green, BAsic Black
Big Shot: Chevron embossing folder, Floral Frames Framelits
Accessories: Markers, Piercing tool, Stampin' Dimensionals, Blossom punch, Oval punch
Super cute card! I LOVE that big yellow flower! Your colors are great here, especially on your little birdy, love that set too!
Posted by: Angie Tieman | July 17, 2012 at 09:41
Whooo! Houuu!
Une des favorites de Shelli!
Mes félicitations!
Posted by: Susy C | August 30, 2012 at 15:56
Très beau, j'aime comment tu as utilisé les différentes épaisseurs et grandeurs de fleurs!!!
Bravo pour avoir gagné le SoShelli Creative Challenge!
Julie
Posted by: Julie Olivier | August 31, 2012 at 10:21